E-Collaborative for Civic Education Corp FY2024 filing

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Bethesda, MD501(c)(3)Since 2009InternationalEIN 27-3638741Revenue $1.4M in FY2024

On file with the IRSeciviced.org5225 Pooks Hill Rd Apt 1315n, 20814-6761 · Bethesda, MDTax-exempt since Aug 2011Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To leverage technology to promote democracy & human rights internationally. Ecce's flagship project, tavaana, holds a vision for a free & open iranian society, one in which every iranian enjoys equality, justice, & the full spectrum of civil & political liberties.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$122K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $10K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$122K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $16
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$180K
64% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 64% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
-2% vs prior year
Spent
$1.4M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$100K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2024▼ -2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$725K
FY2021$794K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$917K
Expenses
$1.4M
FY2024+0.1%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$725K
FY2021$766K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$944K
Net assets
$100K
FY2024▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$11K
FY2021$39K
FY2022$66K
FY2023$98K
FY2024$100K
FY2025$72K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2011.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $1.2M Management & general 15% · $218K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990; $122K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/Director
$122,461Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Akbar Atri’s $118K as President/Director is at the 40th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Akbar Atri$118,341$122,461$121,504$117,295$107,586$106,095

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

E-Collaborative for Civic Education Corp is an international affairs nonprofit based in Bethesda, MD, formed in 2009.

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3 programs · $936K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Empowering Political Prisoners

The project under this grant aims to strengthen iranian human rights movements through greater advocacy capacity, public awareness, and mobilization in support of political prisoners in iran.

$345Kprogram expense
02

Building dialogue between nonbelievers and believers for human rights in iran:-created open forums for former political prisoners and high-profile activists to talk about their experiences with government censorship, reprisals, harassment, and IMPRISONMENT.-OFFERED workshops teaching ethnic and religious minorities storytelling as a form…

$309Kprogram expense
03

Opening Up the Internet for Iran

The project under this grant aims to meet the specific objectives below:objective 1: to increase the public's access to an uncensored internet through greater awareness of and ability to use censorship circumvention tools in the country;objective 2: to educate the public on current digital safety threats and how to protect against them…

$282Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$16

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1K
Other incomeLn 4–11$638
Money outPt IX
$1.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$218K
Owns and owesPt X
$100K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$151K
Total assetsLn 16$280K
LiabilitiesLn 26$180K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1K
Investment incomeLn 3$94
Other incomeLn 4–11$638
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$54K
SavingsLn 2$96K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$151K
Other assetsLn 15$43K
Total assetsLn 16$280K
LiabilitiesLn 26$180K
Net assetsLn 32$100K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$139K$151K
Total assetsLn 16$258K$280K
LiabilitiesLn 26$159K$180K
Net assetsLn 32$98K$100K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$146K$136K$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$171K$144K$27K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$8K$6K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$25K$20K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$21K$18K$3K
Legal feesLn 11b$70K$70K
Accounting feesLn 11c$198K$49K$149K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$129K$129K
Office expensesLn 13$34K$31K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$421K$421K
OccupancyLn 16$15K$11K$3K
TravelLn 17$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$4K$3K$619
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$197K$180K$17K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.4M$1.2M$218K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $917K$944K−$28K$72K 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $1.4M$1.4M$1K$100K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.5M$1.4M$33K$98K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.1M$1.0M$27K$66K 990 PDF
FY2021 $794K$766K$28K$39K 990 PDF
FY2020 $725K$725K−$57$11K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,444,809 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,442,487$1,442,930
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $30,000$1,147
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $48$94
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,602$638
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,474,137$1,444,809
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $362,176$370,571
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,079,420$1,073,088
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,441,596$1,443,659
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $32,541$1,150
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,444,809 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,441,878
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,052
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,442,930
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,147$1,147
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $94$94
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $638$638
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,147 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $732$1,444,809
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,443,659 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $135,807 · Management $10,222$146,029
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $144,064 · Management $27,147$171,211
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $6,229 · Management $1,447$7,676
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $20,362 · Management $4,186$24,548
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $18,352 · Management $2,755$21,107
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $70,400$70,400
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $49,293 · Management $148,576$197,869
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $129,162$129,162
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $31,334 · Management $2,479$33,813
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $421,086$421,086
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $11,433 · Management $3,399$14,832
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,214$5,214
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,196 · Management $619$3,815
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $179,777 · Management $17,120$196,897
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,225,709 · Management $217,950 · Fundraising $0$1,443,659
Part X · Balance sheet $279,964 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $43,076$54,354
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $96,329$96,424
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $88,478$69,702
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7$434
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $15,799$16,221
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $13,888$42,829
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $257,577$279,964
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $149,001$132,023
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $10,225$48,440
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $159,226$180,463
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $97,351$99,486
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,000$15
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $98,351$99,501
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $257,577$279,964
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $99,501 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,444,809
XI-2 Total expenses$1,443,659
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,150
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$98,351
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$99,501

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